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Offline bettablue

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Re: What kind of keyboard or keycap that you don't like.
« Reply #50 on: Sat, 13 August 2016, 23:11:15 »
There are a huge number of rubber dome keyboards I absolutely hate.  After I got my first IBM Model M keyboard, I just can't stand bottoming out every time I press a key.  The Model M is infinitely better simply because the Model M registers each key stroke about half way to the keyboards circuit board.  Ever since I began using the Model M I don't have the wrist strain I used to get while using later models of rubber dome keyboards.  So there are literally hundreds of keyboards I refuse to use.
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Re: What kind of keyboard or keycap that you don't like.
« Reply #51 on: Sat, 13 August 2016, 23:15:58 »
I used to like razer keyboards... I quickly got over that fad once I had started to discover better quality boards. I recently tried their new blackwidows and I honestly don't see much of an improvement over the better rubber domes. Its just 'mechanical' and "LED SPAM".
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Re: What kind of keyboard or keycap that you don't like.
« Reply #52 on: Sun, 14 August 2016, 02:26:47 »
Quote from: Rally Man on Mon, 08 August 2016, 08:17:25
Dislike anything less then full size.  More because you have lot's of modding options for TKL's but less on full size.  I need my num pad!

Have you tried a TKL keyboard?  I did, and found that having the mouse closer was great!  But then I did have shoulder problems from mousing awkwardly.

It is also possible to have a TKL keyboard to recover desk space, plus a separate numpad for numerical data entry situations.
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Re: What kind of keyboard or keycap that you don't like.
« Reply #53 on: Sun, 14 August 2016, 02:36:45 »
Quote from: bettablue on Sat, 13 August 2016, 23:11:15
There are a huge number of rubber dome keyboards I absolutely hate.  After I got my first IBM Model M keyboard, I just can't stand bottoming out every time I press a key.  The Model M is infinitely better simply because the Model M registers each key stroke about half way to the keyboards circuit board.  Ever since I began using the Model M I don't have the wrist strain I used to get while using later models of rubber dome keyboards.  So there are literally hundreds of keyboards I refuse to use.

If it's the bottoming out that causes your discomfort, have you tried O-rings?  Rubber rings that fit under the keycaps help to dampen the bottom out noise, but also cushion the downstroke.

If they do help, it might open up a whole bunch of different keyboards that you can use.
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